Date: 02/08	11:00 PM
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Tues. #2 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Wednesday's latest wrestling news.

As you might have expected this week, the WWE Raw rating was down going both against the Winter Olympics and having been bumped to SyFy in favor of it. The show did 1.388 million viewers, which is its lowest viewership EVER and down substantially from 1.865 million last week. The 18-49 demo was 0.36, also well down from 0.47. (Wrestlenomics)

NXT 2.0 highlights and new WWE related videos are available below.

In addition the latest Dark and new AEW related videos are below.

Speaking of AEW, Tony Khan hypes up tonight's person to enter the "Forbidden Door" and join the promotion: "It's a huge signing for us. I have created some debate about what it means to open the 'Forbidden Door,' and that's what we are going to do on this show. The fans are going to get a great night of wrestling, and I hope everyone is surprised - and comes back for the matches this sets up. I'm continually looking to improve the roster and bring in new stars and create fresh matchups, and that's what you're going to see this Wednesday. We now have such a strong roster of wrestlers under contract that we can put fresh, exciting matches on Dynamite every Wednesday on TBS and Rampage on TNT. It's going to be a big reveal on Dynamite. It sets up this week's Rampage and puts a lot of irons in our fire. We have created an environment in AEW where people routinely expect great wrestling matches, and we have the wrestlers to live up to those high expectations."

Here Larry D explains why he requested his Impact Wrestling release: "The thing is, Impact Wrestling has grown so much. There's so much talent that comes through there and you see the NXT crew, and you see AEW and NWA and everything. It's easy to get lost in the mix. Where we were at creatively, I feel, from the tag team party to fitting where I'm at and in the process, I'm just told to get in the best shape I can and be prepared. That's what I do and I'm just waiting and I'm watching the growth of Impact Wrestling and the competitor in me is like, 'Man, I absolutely love everything about Impact Wrestling.' I can't say, 'Aw, man. Those son-of-a-guns ruined my wrestling career.' Because I think for the first time ever, like, we hear on the indies a lot, 'Oh, it's just business.' I think finally for the first time in twenty years, I understand it. It's just business. Which also, in turn, is the same way with me. It's just business. I want to see myself do better. I feel that for twenty years that I've busted and given everything that I have to get where I'm at. The competitor in me has to step up and say, 'Hey, I know I can play on the field.' I know by asking my release that puts the ball in my court to do what I need to do to go where I want to go."

Via social media Alex Gracia announced she has "amicably parted ways" with Women of Wrestling (WOW).

Tickets for Impact's Road to Rebellion tapings on March 18-19 at the 2300 (ECW) Arena in Philadelphia are now on sale. (PWI)

Multiple companies have shown interest in Shane "Swerve" Strickland (f/k/a Isaiah "Swerve" Scott) since his release from WWE. (FF)

Shelton Benjamin speculates on facing Brock Lesnar: "Of course, I want a shot, absolutely. But I think for me it is a little different because I have a very long history with Brock that proceeds WWE. So, I know what I can do against him."

nZo will face KC Navarro at the February 26th MLW SuperFight show.

Here's the updated NXT Vengeance Day card. (WWE)

* NXT Championship Match: Bron Breakker vs. Santos Escobar
* NXT North American Championship Match: Carmelo Hayes vs. Cameron Grimes
* NXT Women's Tag Team Championship Match: Toxic Attraction vs. Indi & Persia
* Weaponized Steel Cage Match: Pete Dunne vs. Tony D'Angelo
* Dusty Rhodes Classic Finals: MSK vs. Creed Brothers
* Grayson Waller says LA Knight will get arrested

Here are the latest NWA Powerrr results. (FF)

* NWA Women's Championship Match: Kamille defeated Kiera Hogan
* Team War: Chris Adonis, Thom Latimer & El Rudo defeated Victor Benjamin & The OGK, Homicide & La Rebelión, and Colby Corino & The Fixers
* Team War: Rodney Mack and The End defeated Aron Stevens, Kratos & Judias, Idolmanis Sports Management, and Ill Begotten